By Marco Lopez Rosie knows the Lighthouse Reef Atoll like the back of her fin. She calls this atoll home and is a matriarch of the thriving population of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) ...

Severe and simultaneous coral bleaching has been found in both Western Australia's Ningaloo and the east coast's Great ...

Packed with sea life, Smith's Reef on the north coast of Providenciales appeals to snorkelers at all levels. Stingrays, turtles, lobsters and lots of brightly colored fish will likely swim by ...

An aerial view of Vlassof Cay in the Great Barrier Reef, Nov. 14, 2012 in Cairns, Australia. Credit: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images The bad news: 22 percent of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has died.

The images were based on the history of the USS ... Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website, and artificial reef is one or more objects of natural or human origin intentionally placed ...

The latter hasn’t shown much success. A lionfish in the coral reef. Image by Fritz Pinnow for Mongabay. In the Honduran town of Tela, a group of locals led by divemaster Mario Motiño Jr. and ...

Many visitors say the Great Barrier Reef is best seen through a scuba mask, but it's no small feat to traverse the area's dive spots. When choosing which regions to explore, consider your skill ...

In the reef-building "hard corals", the polyps sit in a carbonate coral skeleton, which over time builds the fabric of the reef. Coral reefs are like cities under the sea. The structure of the ...